A Song for Lonely Wolves
Author | : Lee Evie |
Publisher | : Joseon Detective |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2020-03-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 0648732339 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780648732334 |
Rating | : 4/5 (334 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Song for Lonely Wolves written by Lee Evie and published by Joseon Detective. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOK ONE OF THE JOSEON DETECTIVE SERIESA missing woman. A frozen body.A damo slave girl, determined to solve the mystery.Joseon Dynasty, Korea, 1590.At the foot of a jagged mountain range, an isolated village lies in muddy snow and a young noblewoman vanishes from her bed in the dead of night. Rumours of a fearsome ghost with no face echo in her wake. Dan Ji arrives into the long winding valley with her own ghosts, determined to prove her worth as an investigator and solve the mystery. She is a damo, a tea servant of the police force, tasked with cooking and cleaning for her superiors and sometimes, with performing undercover police work.With only the officer in charge on her side - a hard young man with a bloody past and secrets of his own ¬- Dan Ji must convince the local Magistrate and his provincial policemen to trust her judgement. Yet with mistrust brewing, the investigation slowly grinds to a halt. Until a frozen body is unearthed from the deep snows of the mountain range.As a damo of Joseon's police force, it is not within Dan Ji's nature to leave a mystery unsolved.The threads run far and wide.A dark historical mystery set in old Korea.